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SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Oliver Cooper scored three times and added an assist as the Saint John Sea Dogs halted a nine-game winless streak by defeating the visiting Charlottetown Islanders 4-2 on Saturday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.

Sebastien Auger stopped 46-of-48 shots for Saint John, including 22 saves in the third period to preserve the victory.

Mathew Highmore had a goal and an assist for the Sea Dogs (6-11-2), who won on home ice for the first time in six outings, while Olivier LeBlanc chipped in with two assists.

Jack Nevins and Alexandre Goulet supplied the offence for the Islanders (10-6-2), who have dropped five straight contests. Eric Brassard made 34 saves in defeat.

Saint John went 2 for 7 on the power play while Charlottetown failed to score on three chances with the man advantage.

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ARMADA 3 CATARACTES 2

SHAWINIGAN, Que. ? Blainville-Boisbriand jumped out to a three-goal lead and held on long enough for their fifth win in a row.

Patrick Walsh put the Titan (6-11-2) on the board with a power-play goal in the third and Patrik Zdrahal added one more late.

Cape Breton's Chase Marchand made 23 saves for the win. Mason MacDonald started in net for Acadie-Bathurst but was pulled after allowing three goals on eight shots. Jacob Brennan turned aside 22-of-25 shots in 39 minutes of relief.

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PHOENIX 7 WILDCATS 4

MONCTON, N.B. ??? Jean-Francois Plante had a hat trick to lead Sherbrooke to its fourth win in as many outings.

Dominic Talbot-Tassi, Simon Desbiens and Tim Wieser each produced a goal and an assist for the Phoenix (8-11-2) and Vincent Deslauriers scored once.

Christophe Lalonde scored twice for the Wildcats (8-12-1) while Liam Hynes and Christopher Caissy had the others.

Francis Desrosiers stopped 29 shots for Sherbrooke as Graham Hunt gave up six goals on 18 shots for Moncton.

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VOLTIGEURS 6 OLYMPIQUES 3

GATINEAU, Que. ??? Jerome Verrier had two goals and two assists and Georgs Golovkovs tacked on three assists as Drummondville doubled up the Olympiques.

Guillaume Gauthier, Nikolas Brouillard, Dexter Weber and Cameron Askew also scored for the Voltigeurs (10-6-1) while Askew added an assist for a two-point night.